Thuringen (Soviet Zone) Reconstruction of Bridges in the DDR

THURINGEN (POST-WWII SOVIET  OCCUPIED ZONE) on 30 March 1946 issued a set of imperforate stamps  to publicise the reconstruction of bridges in the Soviet zone state of Thuringen. The surtax went to aid in the reconstruction projects. The four stamps depicted the Saalburg Bridge, the Camsdorf Bridge in Jena, the Goschwitz Bridge, and the Ilm Bridge in Mellingen. all in the German Democratic Republic (DDR).

The Soviet zone state of Thuringen, or Thuringia in English, has been continuously inhabited since the beginning of the 4th Century. In 1945, the state of Thuringen was expanded by the Soviets to include parts of Prussian Saxony and the areas around Erfurt, Mühlhausen, and Nordhausen. Erfurt, which dates back to the 8th Century, became the new capital of the East German state.

Source:  WWW Stamp Collecting World